[GreenKeys] Bad News: Clear Channel Communications to Purchase Radio Station WWV

[drlegendre .]

Good humor.

On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 7:46 PM, Don Robert House <packard42 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
> >
> >  Clear Channel Communications to Purchase Radio Station WWV
> >
> > http://www.lownoiserecords.com/wwv_the_tick.html
> >
> > Word on the street is that the National Institue of Standards and
> Technology is close to signing a Lease Management Agreement with Clear
> Channel Communications, Inc. for its flagship Time and Frequency station
> WWV, Fort Collins, Colorado.
> >
> > Clear Channel Radio's consultants have demanded some changes to the
> sound of the station, which broadcasts time of day, standard frequency, and
> other information 24 hours per day, saying that the old format is "dull and
> predictable."
> >
> > Additionally, WWV's traditional modulation level of 50 percent for the
> steady tones, 50 percent for the BCD time code and 75 percent for the voice
> announcements was deemed "not loud enough." The station will reformulate
> itself as "The Tick."
> >
> > WWV's program director Hickory Zeitgeist says that the station has
> already added some snappy new announcements to the rotation, which can be
> heard by clicking the clock on the web page.
>
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